@GooseoToons - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is animation?

I would say it’s a medium of art like any other medium, you can practically create whatever you want with it, and that’s the beauty of it.

Q: What are your inspirations?

For life in general, God, he’s been extremely good to me for years, just keeping me awake every morning is amazing.For animation (and art), however, I would say people like Bob Clampett, Rod Scribner, Robert Mckimsion, Jim Tyer, Uni M. (@joemations on NG), Coomic, Bassetfilms, Dr Seuss, and Henry Tanner.

Q: What have you learned about the history of cartoon production, and what makes good concept art?

Now, I will say I’m not big and perfect, and I have no ground to say what is good or not, but, I would say good concept art is being able to draw a rough idea of what you want to create, I’ve had a friend say this to me before, animation is drawing, drawing is most imperative when animating. You can’t just write everything down and then draw it, drawing the idea is how you begin to develop it, but that’s just my silly haha golly gee opinion.

Q: What advice do you have for creating cartoons?

I would say learning from the old cartoons (1930’s- 1960’s) and soaking up all the knowledge you can from them, their are great resources like Disney model sheets, full cartoons (in the public domain, at least), and screen caps of cartoons and films. Things like construction (in my opinion, which shouldn’t be taken seriously) is imperative when it comes to animation, as your don’t just want your characters to look flat and stiff looking. Robert Mckimson is good to look at for that, and I mean old Mckimson stuff.

Q: What’s the story behind the strange, silly creature Aloysius?

Aloysius got implanted in my brain by God around 2021, I was watching the Simpsons and I basically recolored Bart as if he was my own creation, but when I began getting serious about animation, drawing, and art in general, he sort of evolved from the primordial GuoseO goo and became a silly newt, he actually had a pink coat instead of the orange one he has now, and I’m pretty sure he was called “Jimmy” for a time, which is a boring name for such an goofy character, but @GuardiasVA assisted with the development of the character, and actually naming him.

Q: What are some animation resources you can recommend, and which ones have helped you?

Micheal Sporn’s animation site is amazing for looking at old cartoon screencaps to copy, also look at the Greatest Ape site, they have some Walt Kelly pages on their, which show Kelly’s understanding of line of action.

Q: How did you discover the NG website? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

I discovered NG through SrPelo, I watched him almost everyday, and I saw that the site was really good for creators to post their stuff, and get some insightful feedback on it, make friends, and in short, was just a community of artists sharing their talent with the world. My insane brain thought “Oh no, I’m making an account on Newgrounds, what if I fail, what if everyone hates me!?” But God sort of nudged me to it, and I then proceeded to make my second account because I deleted the first one I made.

Q: What are your thoughts on the internet?

I will say the internet has gotten fairly yucky and commercial, I’ve heard stories of racist rage bait comments, Twitter being just the “”””””””””””””””””best”””””””””””””””””” place to be for fair, levelheaded, and thought provoking discourse (I mean that in the most ironic way possible.) And YouTube being a “get rich quick scheme”. But Newgrounds is one of those sites where I feel (somewhat) has achieved some sort of peace.

Q: How do you structure your schedule?

I barley have a structured schedule, I just try to do everything in parts, or quotas, for instance, 2-3 shots of a cartoon must be completed to have a cartoon done on time.

Q: What food and drinks do you like?

I eat green apples and drink loads of water, I think I may be obsessed with them